The Arizona sentinel., 1887-04-02
CARE OF CLOTHING.
Some Wholesome Advice on the Subject
 for Both Women and Men.

Tor Both women anO N1ens
 The proper care of mems as well as women's clothing has great deal to do, not only with it's looking well, but with the length of time which it lasts. Clothes of wool which are rarely brushed and never hung out of doors soon come to have an appearance of long use, when the same clothes if carefully brushed every day and ire quently hung out of doors will always be fresh, and will keep their good looks very much longer. Care should be used to select brush-broom or whisk of fine broom-corn. It will cost more than the coarser ones, but in the end will be saving, as the coarser ones wear the clothing more rapidly. Coats and cloaks should be hung always on the little wire frames, costing but five or ten cents, which come for that pur- pose. The frames should first be cov- cred with some soft material to prevent the garments from breaking over their edges. If made of wood this is not necessary; the wooden ones, however, are little more expensive. It is bet ter to hang than to fold almost all dresses, if one has sufficient room, but if the room is limited and the dresses crowded if hung. then they should be folded, as any thing if better than the ''stringy" look which dresses crowded together in small closet may soon ac- quire.
 If dress of woolen material has any drapery it will be found to keep its freshpess very much. longer if the skirt is always bottom upward. With lit tle praetice:and- care this will be easily done, and the creases prevented which come iso quickly even in the best of materials from>the folds hanging all ways the same way, both when in wear and when not. Never sit down in damp dress if it can be avoided, for nothing so successfully creases it. It should be at once taken off and hung in a good position to dry. Careful at tention should always be paid to dress braids and facings. If braid is re- placed as soon as it commences to wear the facing will in many instances be saved. A dress braid should always be put on by hand, and, in most in- stances, ."rolled on" If sewed on by machine more time is consumed in rip ping it of, when it requires replacing, than in both sewing on and ripping off braid sewn on by hand" If one has to be much in the kitchen woolen dresses should not be worn there. They hold the odors and smoke, and soon become grimy and smoky.
 Closets in which clothing is kept should be aired every day. If dresses are to lie in trunks or drawers they should be folded with great care, and always right side out, particularly if lined, as the dress material, folding over the lining, prevents in measure its creasing. Dresses which can be hung right side out crease and string much less that those which are hung up wrong side out. They may be easily protected from dust by hanging sheet or a curtain made of calico over them. Hats and bonnets should be kept well brushed with soft manilla brush. Whisks are too stiff and harsh to be used. When not in use they should be kept in box or close closet or drawer, if one chances to have them of sufficient depth.
 If summer dresses of wash materials are always folded smoothly on taking them of they will require, unless actually soiled, much less frequent laundering than when hung. Treated in this way by moderately careful person.. linen lawn dress may some times bqgore every day for two weeks, The dress, however, must have been well done up to commence with.
 The care of boots, shoes and slip pers, which do their full share in giv- ing one tidy, well-dressed air, must not be forgotten, Firstly, never allow a boot or shoe to become run over at the heel. No heel is better than run over one. If you can not afford to keep them straight by frequent rebuilding cut off the lift each time one becomes run over. With great care this habit of running over heels may be almost entirely cured. A greater assistance than nails on the side run over is to have small wedge forced between the layers of the heel on the run-oyer side, thus forcing the foot to tread the other way. If this is consistently kept up, the boot will soon show great improvement. A boot should never be worn with buttons off or with knots in the shoestrings, both being untidy. No matter how old a boot may be, even if patched, if the buttons are all on, the heels straight and it is well blackened, it has tidy, well-dressed appearance. Slippers above all things must'be irreproachable in the way. of being whole and we'll blackened.- PRtlGt'etphta Press.
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